Some of the race-linked phrases should indeed be wound down. Whining about "master bedroom" is goofy, because many such rooms are occupied by women as well as by men.

By 2050-earlier, probably-all real knowledge of Oldspeak will have disappeared. The whole literature of the past will have been destroyed. Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Byron-they'll exist only in Newspeak versions, not merely changed into something different, but actually contradictory of what they used to be. Even the literature of the Party will change. Even the slogans will change. How could you have a slogan like "freedom is slavery" when the concept of freedom has been abolished? The whole climate of thought will be different. In fact there will be no thought, as we understand it now. Orthodoxy means not thinking-not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.

So the master cylinder on my brakes needs to be renamed? Or worse yet, the master cylinder and the slave cylinder on the hyrdaulic clutch? Absurd. You never know if you've gone far enough until you've gone too far.

Winston Churchill's "A History of World War II" (six volumes) is going to lose more than a little meaning without the phrase "dark days".

George Orwell was unavailable for comment...

by nanny state you mean quangos, and by ban you mean stop using?

right?

Y34RX3R0: George Orwell was unavailable for comment...

Just removing some ungood words from the language, that's all...

A new low.

because the US is as un-PC as they come

oh wait lololololololNANNYSTATEitsfunnybecausetheydontbrushtheirteeth

Mr. Right: So the master cylinder on my brakes needs to be renamed? Or worse yet, the master cylinder and the slave cylinder on the hydraulic clutch? Absurd. You never know if you've gone far enough until you've gone too far.

Quit whining, you're the one who bought the politically incorrect car.

Better change the jumpers on my old IDE system. Cable select is nice and non-offensive.

Are they going to ban the word nubianrdly too?

i had no idea any of those phrases were racial in origin.

Lol, I was pwned by the filter. I was referring to the word nigardly (with two 'g's).

Dammit, being "In the black" was one of the few positive phrases I had!

But black men are still allowed to take white sheeps on a date, right?

pugsleythegreat: Better change the jumpers on my old IDE system. Cable select is nice and non-offensive.

'Master' and 'slave' computer labels unacceptable, officials say (new window)

Well, I learned a new word today. I like it, the embodiment of 90% of all my derision towards little socialist feel good whores.

You're all farking quangos from now on.

Join the not quite as bright side of the force, Luke!

If only we could ban 'white liberal guilt'

A right hand man is not a second in command, that changes the meaning. A right hand man is more of a girl Friday. Oh wait.

Span·ish prac·tic·es

U.K. irregular practices in workers' interests: irregular practices that are in the interests of workers and are usually imposed on employers by labor unions, e.g. overstaffing and excessive overtime ( dated informal )

You learn something new every day. Thank you, internet

http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_561508044_561508044/nextpage.html

Every time your equalibate, God kills a kitten.

Claka: If only we could ban 'white liberal guilt'

You mean ethnically diverse liberal guilt.
You don't have to be white to have it.

Kar98: 'Master' and 'slave' computer labels unacceptable, officials say (new window)

How do they feel about male & female cable ends?

Every time you equalibate. YOU equalibate.

/Yes you do.
//God still kills a kitten.
///My typos will not save those poor kittehs.

Man, this issue is going to develop to be a real tarbaby.

The PC police are off their rockers. "Gentlemen's agreement" harkens back to a time when deals were made with a handshake and a person's word was their bond. THAT is refreshing to me, NOT offensive.

With all the crap happening in the world, some people apparently have too much time on their hands if this is the sort of thing they have all day to ponder.

Dilbert J. Galt: Mr. Right: So the master cylinder on my brakes needs to be renamed? Or worse yet, the master cylinder and the slave cylinder on the hydraulic clutch? Absurd. You never know if you've gone far enough until you've gone too far.

Quit whining, you're the one who bought the politically incorrect car.

Car hell! I'm so politically incorrect that I drive a 3/4T 4WD diesel.

BMFPitt

In the future, there will only be Eunich connections, and they will just magnetically stick together *but not touching* thanks to a breakthrough in magnetic techmologies. and they can only be gray.

What about "bat cave," "feminine napkin," "First Lady," "Feminine Hygiene," "man hole covers," "best man," "maid of honor"......where will it end?

Mr. Right: Dilbert J. Galt: Mr. Right: So the master cylinder on my brakes needs to be renamed? Or worse yet, the master cylinder and the slave cylinder on the hydraulic clutch? Absurd. You never know if you've gone far enough until you've gone too far.

Quit whining, you're the one who bought the politically incorrect car.

Car hell! I'm so politically incorrect that I drive a 3/4T 4WD diesel.

I run mine off biofuel made from the food I steal from orphanages.

What's a quango?

Some of this stuff really DOES make more sense when you think about it. If 40% of your workforce is female, "Man-hours" doesn't make sense. "Staff-hours" does. More accurate, makes some people feel better. I'm ok with it. It's the crap that's LESS accurate that bugs me. "Dark Days" isn't about race unless weather is.

I detest these quangos and their nubianrdly use of the English Language

What shall we call tighty whities?

This crap will creep across the pond before long. You wont be able to speak without offending someone.

Nakito: What shall we call tighty whities?

With or without skidmarks?

how come I type nubianr dly - which is a perfectly good English word, and the fark spell censor comes up with nubianrdly?

Google rules.

QUANGO: Acronym for quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation.

Now I know.

you quango bastidges

As a woman, I do not find 'gentleman's agreement' offensive or sexist.

But a "dumb-ass biatch" agreement would kinda irk me.

Kernel Disorder: This crap will creep across the pond before long. You wont be able to speak without offending someone.

I'm offended that they think I'm offended.

caddywompass: The PC police are off their rockers. "Gentlemen's agreement" harkens back to a time when deals were made with a handshake and a person's word was their bond. THAT is refreshing to me, NOT offensive.

With all the crap happening in the world, some people apparently have too much time on their hands if this is the sort of thing they have all day to ponder.


It's funny to me, with all the government budgets cuts and tax shortfalls, these types have managed to retain their jobs.

fark nubianrdly

the perfectly good non racist English word is

November, India, Golf, Golf, Alpha, Romeo, Delta, Lima, Yankee

caddywompass: Kernel Disorder: This crap will creep across the pond before long. You wont be able to speak without offending someone.

I'm offended that they think I'm offended.

Your offense offends me! Offense.

Yes, let's ban the word black or dark because of the negative connotation it has... it's always a bad thing to be black.... except....

ever been to a black tie affair?
would you prefer red chips or black chips at the casino?
if you own a business do you want to be in the red or the black?

and so on and so on....

//facepalm